Kershaw, SC 29067 Frost Dates
Kershaw, SC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/23, roughly 207 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/14, roughly 237 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kershaw in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Kershaw's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Kershaw against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 237 frost-free days, Kershaw places 9,120 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within SC, it ranks 245 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29067's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Kershaw can differ from the 29067 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Kershaw's frost date answer different questions.